That fortune lay at the bottom of the pyramid, was something the nineties music mogul Gulshan Kumar understood before CK Prahalad coined the phrase and he bet on low costs to create a parallel music industry in India . That Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) was the next frontier for the music industry to be conquered was what son Bhushan Kumar instinctively understood. In fact, he bet on to create a monopoly that's quite unparalleled in the Rs 750 crore Indian music...

MUMBAI: At the fifth edition of Nokia Music Connects, the focus of discussion was getting all stakeholders in the music industry to work together to propel growth - whether it's building the streaming music, and live entertainment markets, or curbing piracy. "We all mutually recognise and are aware of the power that togetherness can generate," said Vijay Lazarus, president, Indian Music Industry at the event. The keynote address was delivered by Satyan Gajwani, CEO,...

NEW DELHI: THE Indian music industry is on the brink of a collapse, feels industry captains. According to the industry association Indian Music Industry (IMI), the turnover of the legitimate music industry in the last 18 months was Rs 700 crore, of which it made a cash loss of Rs 200 crore. While music barons blamed recession in entertainment industry partly, they lay a larger part of the blame on a spurt in piracy in the last 1-1/2 years. The industry's growth fell by 25% in '01-02,...

NEW DELHI: The music industry is suffering an annual loss of Rs 650 crore due to piracy although there has been a minor decline during the past few years, according to a consortium of music companies. "The annual loss to the music industry due to piracy is about Rs 650 crore. The size of the industry is also about Rs 600 crore, so we lose an industry each year due to piracy," V J Lazarus, President of Indian Music Industry, said. The piracy level in the...

Music industry has termed as "landmark" the Calcutta High Court order which it thinks will put a leash on the scourge of online piracy . "It is a landmark order in a way that the high court directed internet service providers (ISPs) to block the websites that illegally allow the downloading of songs which result in piracy. The judiciary has understood the sensitive issue of piracy. Even the ISPs have shown their support," the Indian Music Industry (IMI) General Secretary...

You can choose to stay away from drugs, alcohol, speeding. Or you can choose to donate, be polite, and follow traffic rules. But when it comes to downloading music from the Internet, the India public has just one way to go?the illegal. "For every one legitimate site, there are over 200 pirated sites," rues Savio D'Souza, secretary general of industry body Indian Music Industry , which has been fighting piracy for more than a decade now. But unlike in the past, today, music...

MUMBAI: At the fifth edition of Nokia Music Connects, the focus of discussion was getting all stakeholders in the music industry to work together to propel growth - whether it's building the streaming music, and live entertainment markets, or curbing piracy. "We all mutually recognise and are aware of the power that togetherness can generate," said Vijay Lazarus, president, Indian Music Industry at the event. The keynote address was delivered by Satyan Gajwani, CEO,...

NEW DELHI: The government has assured the music industry that it will protect Intellectual Property Rights of the industry and has also agreed to look into the Copyright Act to plug loopholes to check piracy. The assurance was given by Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi to a delegation from the Indian music industry which called on him on Thursday. Joshi told the delegation that misuse of copy right act has been plaguing the music, film and publishing...

NEW DELHI: Continuing its efforts to curb piracy, the music industry will now use tamper-proof holograms to identify the originality of cassettes and CDs. Members of the Indian Music Industry, a consortium of over 50 music companies, will now use holograms in their products to help the consumers and enforcement agencies differentiate between original and fake products. "The IMI has taken the initiative to use holograms to effectively eradicate piracy. The Industry has...

Music industry has termed as "landmark" the Calcutta High Court order which it thinks will put a leash on the scourge of online piracy . "It is a landmark order in a way that the high court directed internet service providers (ISPs) to block the websites that illegally allow the downloading of songs which result in piracy. The judiciary has understood the sensitive issue of piracy. Even the ISPs have shown their support," the Indian Music Industry (IMI) General...

CHENNAI: It's a small but significant reshuffle at the RPG Group. Mr Dilip R Mehta, managing director, RPG Cellular, is set to take over as the managing director of Saregama India within the next few days. He will succeed Mr Abik Mitra, who is moving over to Mumbai for a new assignment within the group. Mr Abik Mitra became the managing director of Saregama on January 1, 2001. He was also the CEO (chief executive) of the group's entertainment sector, besides being a management board member.

That fortune lay at the bottom of the pyramid, was something the nineties music mogul Gulshan Kumar understood before CK Prahalad coined the phrase and he bet on low costs to create a parallel music industry in India . That Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) was the next frontier for the music industry to be conquered was what son Bhushan Kumar instinctively understood. In fact, he bet on to create a monopoly that's quite unparalleled in the Rs 750 crore Indian music...

MUMBAI: In order to fight piracy, Nokia plans to launch its music service 'Comes With Music' in India in a couple of months to give unlimited music access to its consumers, a top company official said. "To fight piracy we need to develop content that is compelling, innovative, exclusive and subscription models which are almost free," Nokia India's Marketing Director, Vineet Taneja, told. With the launch of...

NEW DELHI: A certain section of the society is going into a collective state of bodily transcendence. Hypnotic rhythms are being laced with fluorescent cocktails, as the country's young swish brigade walks deeper underground. It's being considered the biggest mind altering influence since Woodstock, but the shamanism may soon be out in the open. From being a strictly underground genre, Indian electronic music is slowly creeping out into the limelight. The crowds are swelling and...

A certain section of the society is going into a collective state of bodily transcendence. Hypnotic rhythms are being laced with fluorescent cocktails, as the country's young swish brigade walks deeper underground. It's being considered the biggest mind altering influence since Woodstock, but the shamanism may soon be out in the open. From being a strictly underground genre, Indian electronic music is slowly creeping out into the...

NEW DELHI: New Year may be a time for merry making for most of us, but the music industry virtually mourns the celebrations as it loses over Rs 100 crore due to the non-compliance of the copyright laws in the country. According to the Phonographic Performances Ltd (PPL), an apex-licensing arm of Indian Music Industry, during events such as celebrations on the eve of new year, the music industry loses more than Rs 100 crore as discos, banquet...

MUMBAI: Though the current crop of remix numbers, including Kanta Laga , Chadati Jawani and Tu hai wohi might have caught the imagination of the younger generation, country's music industry appears appalled over the situation and has decided to seek intervention of the Prime Minister, A B Vajpayee, to end the 'musical terrorism'. Irked over the current trend of remixes and cover versions of originally created works of music, renowned music director Naushad Ali who...

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NEW DELHI: With India crossing hundred million mobile subscribers and approximately 25-30 per cent of the phone models in the market capable of music transfer, music piracy has assumed a new avatar- Mobile Piracy. "The total loss to music industry due to piracy is around 600-700 crores per year. The size of the music market on mobile phones is estimated to be Rs 400 crore that includes products like ringtones, full song mobile downloads, music videos," says Savio DSouza,...

NEW DELHI: The music industry is suffering an annual loss of Rs 650 crore due to piracy although there has been a minor decline during the past few years, according to a consortium of music companies. "The annual loss to the music industry due to piracy is about Rs 650 crore. The size of the industry is also about Rs 600 crore, so we lose an industry each year due to piracy," V J Lazarus, President of Indian Music Industry, said. The piracy level in the...